A MOTHER ACCUSED OF NOT ONLY CONDONING HER 15-YEAR-OLD SON'S CRIMES BUT ACTUALLY TAKING PART IN THEM. DEPUTIES SAY THE MOTHER AND SON TEAM BURGLARIZED DOZENS OF CARS AND BUSINESSES. THE PAIR ARRESTED AT THEIR HOME IN DAYTONA BEACH YESTERDAY. WESH 2'S CLAIRE METZ JOINING US LIVE. WAS THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD THE TARGET? NO. THEY DID NOT BURGLARIZE HERE ALONG ST. AUGUSTINE OR FROM THEIR HOME ACCORDING TO NEIGHBORS BUT THEY'RE CERTAINLY INFAMOUS BECAUSE OF OTHER PROBLEMS. SO MUCH SO WHEN MOTHER AND SON WERE MARCHED OUT AND ARRESTED, THE NEIGHBORS APPLAUDED. 52-YEAR-OLD IS FACING BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT CHARGES. MORE SHOCKINGLY? CHARGES OF CHILD NEGLECT AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF A MINOR. HER 15-YEAR-OLD SON. WE'RE NOT IDENTIFYING HIM BECAUSE OF HIS AGE BUT NEIGHBORS ARE NOT SURPRISED, CLAIMING THE MOTHER TURNS A BLIND EYE TO HER SON'S UNDERAGE DRINKING PARTIES. THEY BREAK MAILBOXES. THEY THROW TRASH ON MY 87-YEAR-OLD NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY. THEY CURSE AT US. VERY DISRESPECTFUL. DEPUTIES SAY FOR THE PAST MONTH OR MORE SHE HAS ACCOMPANIED THE TEEN AS HE BROKE INTO AS MANY AS 40 VEHICLES IN THE PRICEY SPRUCE CREEK FLY IN COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING CITIES. BY THE TEEN'S OWN ADMISSION, DELIBERATING TARGETING WEALTHIER AREAS. THE MOTHER ACCORDING TO DEPUTY COMMENTING ON THE QUALITY OF STOLEN GOODS. SHE CONDONES WHATEVER BEHAVIOR HE WANTS TO DO. WHATEVER. EVEN THOUGH HE IS A KID? YEP. WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DO, SHE DOES IT. DEPUTIES THINK THE DUO BROKE INTO A DAYTONA BEACH FLEA MARKET BUSINESS STEALING MORE THAN A DOZEN SMOKING DEVICES. BONGS. AND THEY MAY HAVE HIT OTHER BOOTHS. NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR ROGER JOHNSON MAY SELL HIS HOME BECAUSE OF THEIR ABUSIVE BEHAVIOR. SOMEBODY CLIMBED THE FENCE DURING ONE OF THEIR PARTIES, TURNED MY DOGS LOOSE AND JUST RIDICULOUS STUFF LIKE THAT. INVESTIGATORS FOUND SOME OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY IN THE HOME. SOME HAD ALREADY BEEN SOLD. THIS WAS THE REACTION AS MOTHER AND SON WERE LED AWAY TO JAIL. I WALKED RIGHT OUT ON MY PORCH AND I WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEE YOU KNOW WHAT THEY COME IN AND DONE YESTERDAY. BACK LIVE NOW. THE MOTHER IS BEING HELD ON $45,000 BOND. THE TEENAGER IS IN JUVENILE DETENTION. WE TRIED TO SPEAK TO THE HUSBAND AND FATHER OF THE TEEN HERE. HE DIDN'T ANSWER HIS DOOR. DEPUTIES DO NOT BELIEVE HE WAS INVOLVED. THEY DON'T THINK HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.